Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-12-12
All, THERE. COL wATTERsON : :
Col. CoIyar Takes the Brilliant Kentucky
Editor In Hand.

Toonr friends. Col. Mcclure, OF the Philadcl
phia Times and Col COyar, Of the Nashville
Insri0u, greeting together with the cordial in
vitatiOu. Come in ont Of the wet.
Aud how 10 you like The Presidents message,
anyhow
And you, Col Mcclure. do you still insist tina,
there was no "OSkyiew conference
BY the way, Col COlyar, don't you think the
Presidents Interpretation OF the Chicago plat
forms tariff plank is an excellent one
Come. now, gentlemen, no hemmiug nor hAw
ing. Stand up lat,OOted and speak out square
ly-juSt like the PreSident-aud tell us whether
YOU are with him or against him IN his policy u
save the country crisis and 70 relieve the PEG
pie of Cumbersome taxation.
Don't 20 10 whipping the devil around the
stump, now Don't 90 rambling oil and mum
bling about the abolition Of the whisky tax and
the tobacco laN. The President hasn't wOri
To say fayOripg the abolition Of those taxes. On
the contrary, he opposes the abolition OF internal
revenue taxes at present II Is the reduction OF
the tariff taxes which he urges. II is the reduc-
ton OF the tariff taxes about which he is 50
much concerned that he does that unprCCCdeut-
ell thing in our history ana devotes his whole
message 10 this one subject.
The President Is evidently in dead earnest
about this matter He is anxious that its i'm
pOFlanCe should be impressed upn Congress
above all things which it may be called upon 10
consider lie Is evidently willing 10 commit
the tOrtuuCSUt his whole Administration tO the
policy which he urges. Is Il 10 be a successfully
exseuted policy u not Who among Democrats
says not
Are our Raurallite friends Of Nashville and
Philadelphia With rs or against IL I'm the fight
for this policy What do YOU say. gentlemen
We have been stabbed and disabled 50 often by
your allies while we were attempting 10 carry
out policies Of tariff reduction far less radical
than this that We should like 10 know how o.
plsCC you this time Can you give an honest
and unambiguOuS auswer'-tOUri,rJgHr .W.
Yes, Brother WattersOn, we will crafty
you. On the question oi excessive rev.
enuss-collectiGg more than enough to
support the Government and the danger
from the increasing Surplus-the AmerieaH
agrees with the President. This we have
said over and over. We also think the
surplus should be reduced by taking oil
the tobacco tax, which the Courier Journal
has agreed to. We think the States, and
not the Federal Government, ought to have
all Of the tax on tobacco, spirits and malt
liquors that the Federal Government now
gets We are opposed TO the Republican
doctrine Of taking this from the States and
giving it 10 the FciCral Government. But
We agTee with the President that the sur
plus must be reduced ut all hazard.
Now, Brother WattersOu, having an
swered Your question, will you please take
the witness stand? Swear the witness,
Mr.. Clerk The witness Is sworn. What
Is your name and age and occupation?
My name is Henry WattsrsOu, my age
is nObOdy's business, my occupation is
that nf Democratic shoulder hitter and
free trade pugilist
You are, ! believe, the same Henry
Watterson who manipulated the free trade
plank Of q tariff for revenue only, into the
Hancock platfOru-on which he WAS not
elected?
Well, yes, am sOIry 10 say am the
man that performed that task.
Then / understand SOu, brother Wat
terson, 10 have been tariff for revenue
only man" Are You on this platform
yet?
Well, yes; am not conscious Of any
Sapge. Me and Morrison, and Hurd and
me are all on it am carrying up two
corners, am the Alpha and the Omega
Then, brother WattersOn, will you please
tell the court and jury what you mean by
a tariff for revenue only What does the
word ''only" mean?
1t means, sir, what it says-that IN
Ieyying a tariff there il nothing TO be con.
sidsred ORIy revenue. IL means, s.r, that
any man who in making tariff looks tu
anything but revenue is a ''robber," and q